npower Helps Provide Solar Panels for Two Stockton-on-Tees Schools
npower's Climate Cops programme helps provide solar panels and heating upgrades for two schools in Stockton-on-Tees

WORCESTER, ENGLAND, December 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- npower has helped Bader Primary School and Ingleby Mill Primary School in Stockton-on-Tees to feel the warmth of the sun and lower energy bills this year thanks to its grant of GBP46,500 and the support of the Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.

Bader Primary School, is home to 267 children aged between 4-11 years old and since being built in 1971 has not seen many modifications. npower has provided GBP10,000 of funding for a Photovoltaic (PV) system and display panel, heating control upgrade and pipe work insulation.

Ingleby Mill Primary School is a modern school with 658 pupils, npower has pledged GBP7,000 to the school to implement a photovoltaic (PV) system with display unit. The remaining GBP25,000 will fund other PV systems in local primary schools next year.

Stuart Marrow from Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, "We have been working with npower for over a year and are seeing some really exciting projects taking off. The Solar panels at Bader and Ingleby Mill Primary Schools will go a long way to reducing Carbon Dioxide production and cutting energy costs as well as raising pupil awareness of the potential of renewable energy."

npowers Climate Cops programme runs green-themed activities for schools right across the UK - and pupils from both Bader Primary School and Ingleby Mill Primary School have already taken part in a 'Climate Cops Academy' - a highly interactive day about saving energy and the planet. npower undertook an energy audit in 2008, which showed that both schools were energy efficient and would benefit from alternative methods of energy production. Both schools were prime candidates to benefit from one of npower's Climate Cops grants.

Clare McDougall, head of the Climate Cops programme, commented, "Both schools in Stockton-on-Tees enjoyed the Climate Cops Academy day and were already very good on energy efficiency. We have worked with Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council to look at other green energy measures, the PV systems will generate a substantial amount of hot water and electricity, making both schools amongst the greenest in the area."

npower's Climate Cops programme has committed GBP500,000 in energy efficiency measures for schools, 15 projects have been completed so far and - if all the measures are implemented - the participating schools would annually save a total of around GBP100,000 and 650 tonnes of CO2.

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